The healing process begins with you

A reader's comment to:
PBS: Former President Jimmy Carter Examines Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Nov 30, 2006

The healing process begins with you.

Democrats and especially Jewish-Americans should be able to see what's coming if they don't start opening their mouths, rather then join the conspiracy of silence. That's a road that has only one course and it ends up being bad for everybody but the very few.

I'm not convinced it's a global conspiracy that includes every Jewish-American, nor was I convinced it was every Muslim-American.

Shouldn't "we the people" stop fighting each other and ask our government why they continue to stoke, instigate, and divide us?

Jewish-Americans do not have to fear ridiculous, hysterical, and paranoid delusions that somehow, Americans will start opening up gas chambers. So quit with that noise already. That schtick is getting old.

George Washington had a specific warning, the Americans of the 19th century didn't listen. The American Civil War is a historical turning point and far enough away to reflect on the causes, solutions, and lengthy healing process that continues to this day.

Each time Americans have faced a crisis, it's taken less and less to realize that we've gone through this before and from there we can recognize how to get out. Non-Violently.

How easy is it? Open your mouth.

The fact that Jewish-Americans have been integrated into American society needs to be reflected on, when you consider that each and every minority group in the US has gone through some sort of persecution...except Jews.

Thus, when Jewish-Americans apathetically sit by and cheer on policies of racism...it does make one wonder if the theories of a global conspiracy are actually true.

Bottom line, America isn't perfect, but it's OUR country...as George Washington said. You either believe that, or you don't. If you don't, do Americans a favor, pack your bags and leave us alone.

In order to begin the healing process, you must first have the courage to stand up and confront the truth with eyes wide open. The pain only becomes more horrific and harder to confront the longer it is ignored.

Rather then prove to the world how apathetic we've become, trusting the lies told to us every day, isn't it better to begin discussing the BLATANT disproportianate affection to Israel's foreign policy?

If you can't see the writing on the wall or you choose NOT to see it, then you will have nobody to blame but yourself when you recognize your going over the cliff and it's too late to do anything about it.

"Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of american, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together; the Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels, and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings, and successes." George Washington's Farewell Address 1796

http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/washbye.shtml

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